NOTE: This Handbook chapter does not reflect the most recent methodology in the major sector productivity measurement programs. A new chapter is being prepared. For up-to-date information on the labor productivity measures that BLS publishes for the major sectors of the U.S. economy, please visit www.bls.gov/lpc/lpcmethods.pdf. For major sector multifactor productivity measures, please visit www.bls.gov/mfp/mprtech.pdf.

Chapter 10.
Productivity Measures: Business Sector and Major
Subsectors

Background

Indexes of labor productivity, multifactor
productivity, and related measures for broad economic
sectors and manufacturing industries are published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly and annual measures
of output per hour, together with comparable measures of
compensation per hour and unit labor costs, are
maintained for business and nonfarm business from 1947 to
the present. Similar measures are also available for
manufacturing (total, durable, and nondurable sectors)
and for nonfinancial corporations.